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Page 4 - July, the twenty-fifth day of December, commonly called Christmas Day, and any day appointed or recommended by the governor of this State or the president of the United States as a day of fasting and prayer or thanksgiving...

Page 71 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against antirepublican tendencies; the preservation of the General Government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...

Page 8 - Appointments are required by law to be made one year in advance of the date of admission, except in cases where, by reason of death or other cause, a vacancy occurs which cannot be provided for by such appointment in advance.

Page 82 - The Republican party will uphold at all times the authority and Integrity of the courts. State and Federal, and will ever Insist that their powers to enforce their process and to protect life, liberty and property shall be preserved Inviolate.

Page 73 - ... wages and the Improvement of labor conditions, to the end that such labor organizations and their members should not be regarded as Illegal combinations In restraint of trade. We favor the eight-hour day on all government work. We pledge the Democratic party to the enactment of a law by Congress, as far as the federal jurisdiction extends, for a general employers' liability act, covering Injury to body or loss of life of employes.

Page 251 - YEARS by MILLIONS of MOTHERS for their CHILDREN WHILE TEETHING, with PERFECT SUCCESS. IT SOOTHES THE CHILD, SOFTENS the GUMS, ALLAYS all PAIN, CURES WIND COLIC, and is the best remedy for DIARRHfEA. Sold by Druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, and take no other kind.

Page 74 - ... immediate declaration of the nation's purpose to recognize the independence of the Philippine islands as soon as a stable government can be established, such independence to be guaranteed by us until the neutralization of the islands can be secured by treaty with other powers. In recognizing the independence of the Philippines our government should retain such land as may be necessary for coaling stations and naval bases.

Page 71 - State governments shall use the authority reserved to them; but we insist that Federal remedies for the regulation of interstate commerce and for the prevention of private monopoly shall be added to, not substituted for, State remedies.